Dacorum female councillors resign over harassment complaints
Dacorum Borough Council Claire Hobson announced the group resignations at a full council meeting on Wednesday Eight female councillors have left an authority’s Liberal Democrat group after accusing the council’s leader of failing to deal with allegations of bullying and sexual harassment. Councillor Claire Hobson announced their resignations at a full meeting of Dacorum Borough […]
Wynne Evans hits out at media ‘lies’
Opera singer Wynne Evans has said he is “disappointed” about what he claims were “lies” told about him in the media during his time on Strictly Come Dancing. The BBC Radio Wales presenter became the eighth star to leave the show after his Charleston failed to impress judges in a dance off at Blackpool Tower […]
Ashley Storrie won Scottish Bafta ‘for my mum’ Janey Godley
BBC Ashley Storrie said it would “mean an awful lot” for her mum to see her winning the awards Ashley Storrie has paid tribute to her mum Janey Godley after winning the public vote at the Bafta Scotland awards for her performance in Dinosaur. The comedian lost her mother to cancer on 2 November and […]
Police have no legal framework for gender ID
PA Media Jo Farrell told BBC Scotland that victims would always take priority The chief constable of Police Scotland has criticised the Scottish and UK parliaments for failing to set out laws to help public bodies deal with gender identity. The force had been questioned by MSPs over how it records the gender of rapists. […]
King Crimson, Bucks Fizz and Father Christmas lyricist Peter Sinfield dies
Andrew Woodger/BBC Peter Sinfield said he had “no expectations” of having a hit record with I Believe In Father Christmas The King Crimson and Bucks Fizz lyricist Peter Sinfield has died aged 80. He also provided the words for Greg Lake’s perennial festive hit I Believe In Father Christmas, which first charted in 1975. Sinfield, […]
US election workers brace for threats
BBC / Mike Wendling Melissa Komo, a town clerk who trains election workers in Wisconsin, says the prospect of threats against volunteers is worrying Kris Burlingame got a surprise on testing day. A long-time election volunteer and former clerk in the Wisconsin village of Alma Center, she is well-versed in election law, including the routine […]
Hunt for boys in photos set to go on show at Tate Britain
Ingrid Pollard. All rights reserved, DACS The portraits were taken in 1989, a year before Tulse Hill School closed An award-winning photographer is trying to trace a group of men whose portraits she took in a south London school 35 years ago, which are set to feature in a major exhibition. Ingrid Pollard was invited […]
Gwynedd councillors quit cabinet in paedophile head row
BBC Neil Foden, pictured in his younger days, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for sexually abusing four children between 2019 and 2023 Four members of a council cabinet have quit after their leader refused to apologise to the victims of paedophile head teacher Neil Foden. On Friday afternoon Cyngor Gwynedd leader Dyfrig Siencyn […]
Silent auction marks art charity’s 40th birthday
Julia Gregory/BBC The Artventure Trust runs art workshops for 55 adults a week A Surrey charity which runs art studios for adults with learning disabilities is celebrating its 40th birthday with a silent auction. The Artventure Trust runs art workshops for 55 adults a week at studios in Merrow and Bramley. The artists have donated […]
Being new Harpenden MP is like ‘building a plane as you fly it’
Bayo Alaba Former paratrooper Bayo Alaba seen here with the prime minister is keen to help as many of his constituents as soon as possible This weekend marks the first 100 days of the new Labour government, and for many members of parliament, the first 100 days of being in the job. The number of […]